GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 1742

Short Title:  Clerks of Court Longevity.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Baddour, Barefoot, Goodwin; Wainwright, Miller, and Warwick.

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Referred to:  Judiciary IV, if favorable, Appropriations.

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May 25, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AS A MAGISTRATE SHALL APPLY TOWARD LONGEVITY PAY FOR CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-101(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	In lieu of merit and other increment raises paid to regular State employees, a clerk of superior court shall receive as longevity pay an amount equal to four and eight-tenths percent (4.8%) of the clerk's annual salary payable monthly after five years of service, nine and six-tenths percent (9.6%) after 10 years of service, fourteen and four-tenths percent (14.4%) after 15 years of service, and nineteen and two-tenths percent (19.2%) after 20 years of service. Service shall mean service in the elective position of clerk of superior court, as an assistant clerk of court and as a supervisor of clerks of superior court with the Administrative Office of the Courts and shall not include service as a deputy or acting clerk. Service shall also mean service as a justice or judge of the General Court of Justice, as a district attorney, or as a magistrate."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2000.